Jul20

Cultural imperialism

Social theorists, especially those engaged in what has come to be known as postcolonial studies, speak of a thing called cultural imperialism. Cultural imperialism is the process by which a dominant power either imposes or insinuates its mainstream culture over or into the culture of the peoples and societies it dominates. Since the […]

Jul11

The prudence of a pauper

One of the characteristic features of the ‘development’ of an economy is the easy availability of credit. And ever since Manmohan paaji opened up the doors to India Inc., credit has been easy to come by. Regardless of one’s views on liberalisation and free-market economics, one has to concede that credit has never […]